Button-fastener.



H. A. MABBEY.

BUTTON PASTENER.

APPLIOATIOR rI'Lnn DEG.17, 1908.

924,807, Patented June 15,1909;

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HARRY ALLEN MABBEY, OF LIMA, Ol-IlO.

BUTTON-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1909.

Application filed December 17, 1908. Serial No. 468,006.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY ALLEN MAB- nnr, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Lima, in the county of Allen and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bl'lbtOll-FaStGllGlS, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention consists of an improved form of fastener of that classespecially designed for securing buttons to shoes, or fabric of somekind. Button fasteners of the above type consist mainly of a wire stapleconnected directly with the button, and a backing-plate or disk withwhich the staple is connected, said disk being located on the side ofthe fabric opposite that at which the button is disposed.

The present invention resides in the peculiar inani'ler of securing thewire staple to the backing-disk, and in the peculiar forma tion of saiddisk, whereby pull or strain on the button will only promote or increasethe security of attachment of the button to the fabric, eliminatinglikelihood of the button being torn off.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to thefollowing detail description and to the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a rear elevation. of a button fastener applied and made inaccordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionalview showing more clearly how the ends of the staple are clamped between the convex side of the disk, and the fabric; Fig. 3 is a detailperspective View showing the backing-disk and the staple applied theretoas when operatively holding a button; Fig. 4 is an edge elevation of theparts shown in Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the partsshown in Fig. 3.

tlhroughout the following detail descrip tion and on the several figuresof the drawings similar parts are referred to by like referencecharacters.

Specifically describing the invention and referring particularly to thedrawings the numeral 1 designates an ordinary shoe-button, the numeral 2a piece of fabric which consists of the flap of a shoe, or anyequivalent part, and the numeral 3 the staple connecting the button 1with the backing-plate or disk l. The staple 3 passes through the fabric2 in the customary way, being bent upon itself intermediate of its endsto form the loop portion which directly connects with the button loop 1.The legs of the staple 3 pass from the loop portion through the material2,through the plate or disk l, and are then bent laterally from theinner concave side of the disk and in opposite directions. The disk a isof concave-convex form as shown most clearly in Fig. 2 and at itsperipheral edge is formed with diametrically opposite notches a centralopening 6 being of course provided in the disk to permit the legs of thestaple 3 to pass through this part in the manner above described.

After the ends or legs of the staple 3 have been bent in oppositedirections when passed through the opening 6 aforesaid, said legs arethence bent outwardly so that each engages in a notch adjacent, afterwhich the legs are bent into contact with the convex side of the plateor disk 4, being curved longitudinally, as shown at 7 to conform withthe curvature of the disk on its convex side. The curved ends 7 of thestaple a, however, are in substantially iarallel relation when bentagainst the convex side of the disk in the manner described, theterminal of each portion 7 resting proximate to the portion of theopposite leg of the staple where the latter passes through the notch 5.It will be noted therefore, that the curved ends 7 of the staple aresubstantially parallel and close to the loop 3 of said staple, beingthus located at a point where pull or strain on the button 1 only tendsto cause the ends '7 of the legs of the staple to bind. and conform moreclosely with respect to the convex side of the disk with which the parts7 are in contact. ln other words the formation and the location of thebent extremities of the staple are peculiarly advantageous in that thestrain or tension which -may be exerted upon the button 1 in themanipulation thereof under actual conditions of service, effectivelyclamps the parts 7 against the fabric 2 and in such manner as toincrease the strength of the connection between the button and thefabric. The bends 8, whereby the extremities of the staple 3 are causedto engage in the notches 5, are located in the concavity of the concaveside of the disk 4 and do not form projecting parts in a disadvantageous*ay.

The invention as above described is extremely simple and provides a moreeffective and substantial fastening means for buttons of all kinds, thanis afforded by the devices at present used for the purpose.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

As a new article of manufacture, in combination with a but-ton and apiece of fabric, fastening means securing the button to said fabric andcomprising a plate of conca'voconvex form arranged on the side of thefabric opposite that on which the button is located, the convex side ofthe plate being in contact with the fabric, and a wire staple bent uponitself between its ends to form a loop portion connected with thebutton, the legs of said staple being passed through the fabric and thecenter of said plate, the peripheral edge of the plate being formed withdiametrically opposite notches, and the ends of the legs of the staplebeing bent in opposite directions afterpassing through the opening inthe plate, thence being bent so as to engage in the notches, after whichsaid ends are bent into close contact with the convex side of the plateso as to lie in spaced relation upon opposite sides of the loop portionof said staple and clamped between the plate and fabric.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY ALLEN MABBEY.

Witnesses J. F. Roms, S. E. Donon.

